how messy can a game get?

[Texas Aggie]

It seemed like every call was met with a whine by somebody.

My first thought is this means you were probably doing your job. I personally didn't see anything in your description that I thought was wrong on your part. I'm not sure if you described it this way, but I wouldn't comment to the coach on a player T unless he or she asks you. Chances are in that situation, they heard it.

[Chess Ref]

Someone else around gets credit for the following......

Get in, get it done, get out...

Around here we use the JH games for training. I have been assigned some of them as part of my new Varsity rating. Alot of the games are like yours,coaches getting ejected, courts are too small, parents are nuts- getting escorted from the gym, kids are in overdrive ,it's just insane.

That was opening day.

I hear its gotten no better.

I had to tell myself, get in,get it done, and get out. Had to tell partner it's gonna get easier. She was saying "Never again."

[TrojanHorse]

I can remember a game a few years back when i was an official, bjv first half goes pretty well but the home team as a good control of the game. Early in the third quarter the varsity refs walk by during a timeout and one winks at me as says, "looks like this one is going to go by quick". Well I guess thats when all heck breaks loose.

We have several intentional fouls for extreme stupidity. My partner and I are talking to the coaches and the players, telling the we dont need any kind of retaliation. Game continues to just go south. Both team are in the double bonus in the third. 4th quarter is no different. It seems like everytime up the court there is a foul, and non of these fouls are ticky tack. Bear in mind the home team is up 30-35pts.

If all that is not enough, we are under a minute in the 4th, the ball become loose in the paint, players go diving in. I come in hard blowing my whistle knowing I am calling a jump. Partner is on the other side of the scrum. Players kind of come up on thier own and a kid from the home team gets up and sucker punches a player on on the floor. Luckily for us, we are really the only ones that see it. We report what we have, inform the coach.

Lucky for us that the last 20 seconds went off with out a hitch. We found out later we shot over 50 free throws in the second half. The varsity was set to tip at 700. We got into the officials room 15 till 8. The joys of sub varsity basketball.

[JugglingReferee]

Everything handled well, imho. The V coach sounds like a howler monkey. Next time ask him if he wants to purchase wrong insurance. Padgett sets the rates.